RE: CMP Hellcat
I put an Enya 120 on mine and today I flew it, It required NO nose weight and it flew like a dream, Take offs are a breeze , it took one click of aileron trim and that was it. Landing are just easy with this plane. Since I had the Enya 120 with a 15-8 prop I had about 1 1/2 inch of clearane.
I built this right by the instruction, the only thing I did was I put 1in fiberglass cloth on the center section top and bottom. I don't have retracts.
I would greatly recommend this plane, The fiberglass work is excellent, wing is beautiful, you even get a fiberglass cowl, and it comes painted, all this for such a low price--I did discard the wheels-Way to small for a grass field.
Someone mentioned the tail snapping--this worried me too --but I put some "g" on it today and I had no problem, with the tail or wing
I will be honest and say I usually fly mine scale and I don't jerk it around-My theory is fly it like a person was inside--could he live through the manuever you just did--If you fly that way you shouldn't be overstressing the plane.
The guys who have wings fold and tails fold--all I can say is it has happened to all of us--just get back on the horse and ride another one
This is too much fun to worry about crashing.
There are two types of plane those that have crashed and those that are going to crash
If you worry about crashing YOU ARE IN THE WRONG HOBBY
Pictures tomorrow